Gary Klein
Research psychologist who pioneered naturalistic decision making and the PreMortem.
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- Gary Klein is an American research psychologist who pioneered naturalistic decision making.
- Studying experts such as firefighters at work, Klein found that laboratory models did not describe decisions under time pressure and uncertainty, and in 1985 developed the recognition-primed decision model, later used in US Army doctrine.
- Klein founded Klein Associates in 1978 and sold it to Applied Research Associates in 2005, introduced the PreMortem method in 1998, and founded ShadowBox LLC in 2015.
- Klein's books include Sources of Power (1999) and Seeing What Others Don't (2013).
Key facts
- Born
- 5 February 1944, New York City1
- Education
- BA in psychology, City College of New York (1964); PhD in experimental psychology, University of Pittsburgh (1969)1
- Career
- Oakland University (1970 to 1974); US Air Force research psychologist (1974 to 1978); founded Klein Associates in 1978, sold 2005; Senior Scientist, MacroCognition LLC, from 2009; founded ShadowBox LLC in 20151
- Known for
- Recognition-primed decision model (1985); PreMortem (1998); Data/Frame model of sensemaking (2007); ShadowBox training1
- Books
- Sources of Power (1999); The Power of Intuition (2004); Streetlights and Shadows (2009); Seeing What Others Don't (2013); Snapshots of the Mind (2022)1
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